Drinking-fountain.



2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

H. W. TAYLOR.

DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION man MAR. 25. ma.

Ptented Deo. 3, 1918.

Faq@- HQ W. TAYLOR.

DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APsLlcATloN man MAR.25,s91.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

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HALsEY w. TAYLOR, or WARREN, oHIo.

DRINKING-FOUNTAIN.

To all whom t may concern.' l

Be it known that I, HALSEY'W. TAYLOR,

l citizen ofthe United States, residing at Warren, in the county of Trumbull and State 5 0f Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in' Drinking-Fountains, of -which thefollowing isa specification. 4

This invention consists of a drinking fountain 'embodying means adapted to deliver, a stream of water ina-n arc with a mound of water of less width than height at its crest,'therebypermitting drinking with facility and satisfaction while meeting every By delivering the stream of water 1n an arc germs of disease the lips'nor lfall back upon lthe delivery nozzie, and the stream of water reforms beyond the drinking mound sothat there is no o'bpermitting a glass or other receptacle to be easily illedvat the pointlof descent ofthe curving. column of water. AIn the accompanying' drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of one form of my 1n- \venftion loc king toward the rear, and F ig.

2- is a top plan view thereof. Fig. '3 is a transverse section centrally through the de. vice. Fig. et'is a Iperspective view artly $0 broken away, of a modified form of t e inv herein, member 2 is provided with a plurality of outlets 3 and 4f, respectively, whlch come 'vention, showing-a glass in receiving positlon'for the discharging stream. Figs. 5 and 6 are enlarged detailv views of the jet inemcross section of the drinking mound.

The .invention in its broadest aspect comprises a Water delivery connection, jet or nip-l ple member 2 adapted to bring about the confiuxion of a'dividedV flow of water so that a andv maintained at the crest of an are of a flowing body or stream of water at such relative distance from the point of discharge that water contaminated by the lips will not fall back upon the discharge member. As shown the column of water is caused to be more or less iiattened and distended on curved lines to provide a distinctive mound at the crest of Specification of Letters Patent.

. vertical plane.

jectionable -spattering or spreading, thereby ber shown in Fig. 4.. Fig.-7- is aview in drinking mound of waterwill bebuilt up,`

one jet of water more or less perpendicularly, whereas outlet directs another stream of Water at an incllnation into the first jet, the

effect vbeing that the confluent waters are projected t9 one side of the connection and with the further peculiar result that the stream of water is flattened in two planes, first in an inclined plane, and second in a In this .way a Column of water is projected upwardly to form a drinking mound beyond the pointof coniuence .and at the crest of the curve' or where the Lcolumn reaches its highest altitude. The mound thus built up is narrow-enough to pass into one side of the mouth and also deep enough to give a large draft and while there is a momentary retardation of the elevated water contributing decidedly to the taking in of a large draft at once there is no retention of germs or organisms to endanger the neX-t person drinking from the same column because such organisms are fiushedcaway immediately.

Itis also desirable in a device of this kind to prevent contact ofthe lips with the metal 11 screwed to the nipple extension lbeneath nut 9 supports a controlling valve 12 anda supplypipe 13 extending to the rear of the basin.

Basin 7 is preferably elongated in the line y Patented Dec. 3, 1918. Application filed March 25, 1918. Serial No'. 224,410.-

l the arc vof iowing water. f Outlet 3 directs of discharge, and the descending water is carried away through the perforatedl strainer plate 14 and a sewer pipe connection 15. An integral arm 16 at the rear of the basin serves to secure the basin upon a wall or other upright, but any suitable means mayl be used to hold the basin and nipple aty the proper elevation for drinking, and if desired, the basin may be omitted and another means of support provided for the nipple,

without/departing from the more essential f features involved in the invention.

In Figs. 4 to 6, inclusive, I showa modifie form of the invention in which the same principles of delivery and the same advantageous results are obtained, but with additional sanitary safe-guards.'y \Thus,' a jet or nipple 17 is therein shown which embodies two short tubes 18 and 19 of different diameter through which the water flows in dif-l ferent volume and different velocities vto pro- -duce a single inclined curved stream with a distinctively raised drinkingrrest. `Each vtube 'has an outwardly and downwardly curvededge 20 at, its outlet'endto guard against the drawing up by capillary action distinct jets of. water in confluence. at an inclination tothe perpendicular to produce of any contaminated water that may nd' a lodging upon the nipple member at the base of thetubes, andthe tubes are also protected from contaminating touch by a guardV 2l spanning both. tudbesl and having a pair of openings 22 through y which the separate streams of water pass beforecoming together 'at the desired angle for common delivery and with the result and effect as described. f'

1. In a drinking fountain,

a curving column of waterl'with a drinking `mound of less width than height at its crest.

l' A water-delivery connection for use in vdrinking fountains, 'A comprising a nipple member having a plurality of jet outlets in- V clinedrelativ'ely to each other and producing a confluent curving discharge .-at one side of l said member.'4

3'; A water-delivery connection for use in drinking fountains, comprising a`"nipp 1e member having a plurality of jet outlets inz clined toward each other and promoting conflxion of the jets and a Widening of the stream ina vertical plane and at the crest of an arcing discharge at one. side of said member. l

4.l A. nipple member 'for' drinking foun tains havinga vertically-disposed jetoutlet and; an inclined jet outlet of smaller size at charge of-'water in a single curving stream into said basin and with a distinctivel drinking mound at the crest of said stream.

v. 6. In adrinking fountain, a basin having 'a nipple .member at one side thereof pro- Iv'ided with vertical and inclinedjet open`y March, '1918;

ings arranged to direct distinct jets ofwater into confluence in an arc at one side of said member, a v'alved supply pipe connected 7 A'basin having a drain opening-in its bottom, a support for said basin, a nipple `with'said member, and a Yguard in covering relation to said nipple member.-

member mounted within saidbasin having a relation to discharge a curving column of water at a predetermined altitude above and into said basin, and a `guard for'said nipple member.

8. A'basin having an integral arm at one side and a raised seat therein, a nipple member. upon-said seat having a screw extension,

a nut forV said extension securing said mem- .ber 1n place, a skeleton guard projecting'- over said nipple member having legs detachably secured to said-basin, vand a valved supl ply'connectionengaged with said extension. means directing plurality of jet openings disposed inangular n 9. A nipple member for a drinking foun-i tain having -a pair of discharge jets inclined relatively to each other to bring separated jets of water- .into confluence, and a' guard spanning said jets having openings for the passage. of the water.

10-Afmethod of producing Aa drinking mound in a 'curvingstream of water, consisting in forming the stream into substan- .tially Hat spreading -bdies o f water successively, rst in an inclined plane, and secondly, in aplaneat right angles .to the first" I plane.

11. A method ing-mound -in a'curving stream', consistlng in `flattening the stream ,in'one plane and then reforming the stream into a drlnking mound` ina verticalr plane at. the crest of the 'curving' stream. y

12. A. method of producing ani archeddrinking mound' of flowing water, consisting in projecting a body of water upwardly j of producing a raised drink-v 1n an `inclined vplane while Adistending the body of water transversely/,then drawing the. distended' water together again, Iand crest of thecurvbing stream.

thn distending it in a vertical plane at.the

v1a A method, of producing 'a Sanitary drinking mound, consisting in Ideliveringwa stream of-waterupwardly, and in directing .a second' stream of water into the first stream and projecting the confluent waters laterallyi in a single arching-streamwith va raised drinking mound at its crest. f Signed at Warren, in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, this 21st day of HALsEY wifmrnon. 

